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As Miss World Turns: Swimsuits, ball gowns, and riots.
The Miss World competition is much closer to a fashion show than to a strip show. Contrary to the morbid fantasies of the sterner feminists, men do not much enjoy watching pretty girls prance up and down in bathing suits as a preliminary to prancing up and down in ball gowns. It is just about possible that in the dim and distant 1950s a sexist male audience could be assembled to gloat over such a spectacle, because that was about as daring as life got back then. But the sexual revolution ensured that by the 1960s there was a whole series of venues where girls simply got out of their bathing costumes -- and didn't bother getting into anything else. For those who liked that ...
- USA. New York City. 1951. Society women try on ball gowns at Bergdorf-Goodman...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Burt Glinn January 1, 1951 700+ words
...01-1951 USA. New York City. 1951. Society women try on ball gowns at Bergdorf-Goodman in preparation for the Metropolitan...High heels USA. New York City. 1951. Society women try on ball gowns at Bergdorf-Goodman in preparation for the Metropolitan...
- USA. New York City. 1951. Society women shop at Bergdorf-Goodman for ball gowns...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Burt Glinn January 1, 1951 700+ words
...City. 1951. Society women shop at Bergdorf-Goodman for ball gowns to wear at the gala opening of the Metropolitan Opera. Keywords...City. 1951. Society women shop at Bergdorf-Goodman for ball gowns to wear at the gala opening of the Metropolitan Opera. USA...
- BEAUTIFUL RETRO LOOK FOUND IN BALL GOWNS.(Lifestyle)(Column)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) July 8, 1996 700+ words
...dresses like these today? EK: You'll be pleased to know there are designers around the world who have made '50s-inspired ball gowns. One with a particularly fine hand is Inno Sotto, a star of the Philippine fashion world. ``The catalysts of my last...
- Streisand prefers comfortable elastic-waisted trousers to glamorous ball gowns.
- News wire article from: Asian News International August 24, 2009 700+ words
...American singer-actress Barbra Streisand, 67, has revealed that she likes to wear trousers with elastic waists rather than ball gowns, as she prefers feeling comfortable to looking glamorous. "I always wear the same thing at home. I can't be bothered...
- The luxe touch. (designer Michael Casey expects increased sales of ball gowns...
- Magazine article from: WWD August 9, 1994 700+ words
...Stanley Korshak. "Whether the economy is good or bad, there are still women who want pretty, elegant clothes." Now that ball gowns are making a comeback, Casey expects to achieve at least a 20 percent gain this year. Annual sales are close to $1 million...
- Top of the frocks; They live in jeans and tops. But come July 20, they'll be...
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) May 31, 2002 700+ words
...menswear department, agreed. 'It's really nice to see girls all dressed up like that. They look really elegant.' But ball gowns aren't for everyday wear. The girls slip reluctantly back into their jeans and shuffle out of the changing rooms for another...
- Handsome ball gowns ; new street gown.
- Picture from: NYPL Digital Gallery unknown January 1, 1934 700+ words
- NEW BALL GOWNS PLEASE; OOH I SAY..IT'S MORE VERSACE THAN ADIDAS AS WIMBLEDON...
- Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England) June 18, 2000 700+ words
CONCHITA MARTINEZ, 28 Nationality: Spanish World ranking: 5 Career earnings: $8.8 million I've played Wimbledon eight times, and I have great memories. I love London, particularly the restaurants. Each year I stay in a different house, close to the courts. I go out to dinner a lot - Thai, Indian or
